In a time of national emergency, it makes sense to have a system in place to alert all affected Americans. Email is too slow and unreliable, while individual phone calls to the affected population is just unreasonable. What the US needs is a nationwide SMS text messaging alert system. And, that’s exactly what the FCC…
Another RIM BlackBerry BIS system blackout?
Boy Genius Reports has been hearing that BlackBerry users are again left in the dark due to a presumed BlackBerry BIS outage. Apparenty, CrackBerry addicts on Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile are experiencing problems with their email. If you’ve been having any BlackBerry outage problems, please leave a comment and let us know just how big…
Verizon Wireless does femtocells too – CDMA femtocells for Verizon customers later this year
Having a hard time “hearing me now” inside a building, especially your home? Verizon Wireless has your back. The No. 2 US wireless carrier has announced that they intend to enhance indoor wireless coverage for their Verizon network by making femtocells available to customers later this year. Femtocells are small-scale cellular base stations, typically designed…
Verizon XV6900 coming to Verizon Wireless on April 16
Feeling the all-white HTC Touch but can’t get away from Verizon’s CDMA network? Well, you’re in luck. The white-colored HTC Touch should (finally) be making its way to Verizon Wireless’s network on April 16 as the Verizon XV6900. April 16 will see the Verizon XV6900 go live with online sales, and brick-and-mortar locations should have…
Call Out: Tony Lewis, Verizon Wireless’ newly-appointed VP of Open Development
I’m calling out Tony Lewis, Verizon Wireless’ newly-appointed VP of Open Development, for saying this sentence: “The only way this is going to work is if it’s a true partnership between carriers, devices and applications. Any independent part can work, but not individually. Tony Tony Tony, what do you sit in front of every day?…
Verizon: Mobile broadband LTE on 700Mhz spectrum by 2011
Remember that little piece of 700Mhz spectrum that Verizon snatched from Google’s lazy grasp? Well, combined with other spectrum slices that Verizon Wireless picked up at the recently ended FCC auction, Verizon will use the newly acquired C-Block spectrum to roll out a nationwide mobile broadband network based on the 4G LTE (Long Term Evolution)…
Hands-on with Samsung Access, Samsung Alias and Samsung Instinct from CTIA Las Vegas 2008
Samsung didn’t really have much to show at CTIA, which is pretty much in line with the lack of anything new from CTIA Las Vegas 2008, but they did have the new Samsung Access and the Samsung Alias on showcase. The Samsung Alias is an updated successor to the popular dual-hinge Samsung SCH-u740 clamshell handset…
Verizon: We’re revamping our stores, too
Sure, AT&T may be the first company to get Microsoft Surface, but that doesn’t mean other carriers are sleeping, waiting for people to enter their not-that-techy stores. As a matter of fact, Verizon announced that it will roll out “evolutionary store design” in more than 280 of its Communications Stores nationwide. The stores offer consumers…
Verizon news: VZ Navigator improved, 9 new V CAST Video channels
Verizon has been vocal more than any other U.S. carrier at this year’s CTIA Wireless in Las Vegas. Aside from announcing a slew of devices, they inform us their VZ Navigator service is about to get an upgrade. Version 4 of Verizon’s navigation service will give customers from 75 U.S. cities ability to access traffic…
Verizon customers sent nearly 20 billion messages in February 2008!
Verizon has 65.7 million customers and during the month of February this year they’ve managed to send 20 billion text messages. That’s almost 305 SMS sent per user on average. Last year in June, somewhat smaller Verizon’s customer base (they did grow in the meantime) sent more than 10 billion text messages. Commenting on the…